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David Bowlin Bird as Prophet

Bird as Prophet: Challenging the Known, Reveling in the Unknown

In his own musical pursuits, violinist David Bowlin continues to reflect the spirit of diversity cha...
Author
Daniel Schreiner
andPlay playlist

andPlay Makes Strong Debut with playlist (New Focus Recordings)

Violin and viola duo andPlay have been exerting their musical prowess on the world since meeting at...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
New Works for Harp

New Works for Harp: Ben Melsky & Dal Niente Challenge Convention

The harp glissando: it’s a recognizable gesture, one that listeners might associate with cinematic d...
Author
Adam O'Dell
ShoutHouse Cityscapes

ShoutHouse Explores New York City’s History on Debut Album Cityscapes

Cityscapes (New Amsterdam Records) is the first full-length album from ShoutHouse, a collaborative a...
Author
Brianna Matzke
Carolina Eyck Elegies for Theremin & Voice

Carolina Eyck: Elegies for Theremin & Voice (Butterscotch Records)

If you’re a certain kind of listener, you might place Carolina Eyck’s Elegies for Theremin & Voi...
Author
Colin Holter
Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger

The Hunger: Dennehy and Alarm Will Sound Confront the Legacy of The Famine

2019 has been a banner year for composer Donnacha Dennehy. He collaborated with playwright Enda Wals...
Author
Kathleen McGowan
Anne Lanzilotti in manus tuas

in manus tuas: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti’s Solo Album Debut

Out on New Focus Recordings is in manus tuas, the debut solo album from composer and violist Anne Le...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Zeena Parkins Three Harps, Tuning Forks, & Electronics

Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics: Zeena Parkins Pushes Sonic Possibilities

Zeena Parkins’ Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics (Good Child Music) explores both the expr...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
Music from SEAMUS Vol. 28

Music from SEAMUS, Vol 28: Electro-Acoustic Possibilities and Limitations

The festival compilation is an album format especially particular to the New Music community; an ins...
Author
James May
Nathalie Joachim Fanm d'Ayiti

Nathalie Joachim’s Fanm d’Ayiti: a Complex and Multi-Faceted Celebration

On her debut solo album, Fanm d’Ayiti (New Amsterdam Records), Haitian-American composer, flut...
Author
Megan Ihnen
Volti the color of there seen from here

Virtuosity in Variety: Volti’s the color of there seen from here

Volti, a San-Francisco-based vocal ensemble led by Robert Geary, is passionately committed to commis...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Mario Diaz de Leon--Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Track Premiere: Rebekah Heller Performs Mario Diaz de Leon’s Labrys

Today’s track premiere features Rebekah Heller performing Labrys for bassoon and electronics f...
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Chicago Sinfonietta Project W

Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project W Highlights Women Composers

Project W is an initiative by the Chicago Sinfonietta to help highlight and promote “contempor...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
Sam Newsome Chaos Theory

Sam Newsome Breaks New Ground with Chaos Theory

For twenty-five years, Sam Newsome has pursued an unrelenting artistic journey to refine a uniquely...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
MARANASATI 19111

MARANASATI 19111: Nina Keith’s Debut Album on Grind Select

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Nina Keith presents MARANASATI 19111, a debut full-length album o...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
Anna Webber Septet--Photo by Liz Kosack

Clockwise by Anna Webber Expounds Upon the Essence of Timbre

As her biography states, Canadian-born/Brooklyn-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Argus Quartet and Juri Seo Respiri

Respiri: Juri Seo and Argus Quartet Debut Sophomore Portrait on innova

No composer works in a vacuum, but some show their influences more plainly than others. On Respiri,...
Author
Andrew Stock
Jasper String Quartet Unbound

Unbound: Jasper String Quartet Features Post-Minimal Composers

In the past decade, Jasper String Quartet have made a name for themselves as masterful interpreters...
Author
Adam O'Dell
The Exotica Album

The Exotica Album: Øyvind Torvund & BIT20 Ensemble Twist Pastiche into Nostalgia

Norwegian composer Øyvind Torvund’s recent release on Hubro Music, The Exotica Album, is a dreamlike...
Author
James May
American Rapture

American Rapture: RPO Showcases Three Generations of American Contemporary Music

American Rapture, the new release on the hitherto unknown to me Azica label, features Samuel Barber&...
Author
Don Clark
Nathalie Joachim--Photo by Josue Azor

Track Premiere: Nathalie Joachim & Spektral Quartet Perform “Alléluia”

Today’s track premiere features Spektral Quartet and flutist, composer, and vocalist Nathalie...
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Hollows out of time

Erik Griswold’s Hollows out of time Artistically Engages with the Lands of Australia

For nearly two decades, Australian-American composer Erik Griswold has been writing and performing m...
Author
Justin D. Wright
South of the Circle

Siggi String Quartet Digs Into Icelandic Roots on South of the Circle

Picturesque Northern Lights, innumerable mountains and volcanoes, otherworldly waterfalls. Musicians...
Author
Hannah Rosa Schiller
Nadia Shpachenko The Poetry of Places

Nadia Shpachenko’s The Poetry of Places Explores Architecture as Inspiration

Multi-GRAMMY nominated pianist Nadia Shpachenko reflects on the role of the concert hall in the line...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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